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State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
 
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9/23/26  6:55 pm
Commenter: Barbara Burke

retired social worker - now educate and volunteer with DOJ and recovery programs
 
  1. Change the rules that require paid staff so self-governing houses can follow them.
    2. Say clearly whether the members of an Oxford House are considered the "operator," because many of the rules apply to the operator.
    3. Stop assuming that every recovery home is a commercial business. Don't require business insurance or State Corporation Commission registration from homes that are unincorporated associations.

Having worked with people seeking recovery and with women preparing to leave incarceration, I know how vital these recovery houses are.  Bureacratic barriers may serve to close facilities and leave these folks without safe housing.

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